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Sparrowhawk (male) - Accipiter nisus
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In the garden this afternoon taking shots of Tits & Finches etc when the Sparrowhawk landed around 4 metres from me. I managed to zoom back from 420mm to 350mm for this shot. Certainly an occasion where a zoom lens came in handy.



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Keywords: Sparrowhawk (male) - Accipiter nisus
Camera Information: Canon 40D with Sigma 100-300mm f4 lens and 1.4tc
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Sun January 22, 2012 11:56am

Terrific images John.....fantastic detail. Well done !!



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Sun January 22, 2012 1:20pm

Superb set of photos John, excellent!!

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Mon January 23, 2012 3:23am

An excellent capture, well done.
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Mon January 23, 2012 11:17am

Great series John and what an eye - hope he did'nt get the LT Tin



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Mon January 23, 2012 1:59pm

Excellent set of photos John,well done!!
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Tue January 24, 2012 3:02am

Thank you all for your comments.



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Tue January 24, 2012 7:28am

Wow, that is fabulous!
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Wed February 15, 2012 7:31am

Thanks Galanthophile.



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